Halifax Walmart death: Oven to be removed from store [Video]

Walmart says a large bakery oven will be removed from the Halifax store where an employee died last month.

Halifax Regional Police responded to a sudden death at the Walmart on Mumford Road around 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 19. They confirmed a woman’s body was found inside a large walk-in oven in the store’s bakery department.

The woman has been identified as 19-year-old Gursimran Kaur, who worked at the store.

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Nova Scotia’s Department of Labour issued a stop-work order for the bakery after the incident. That order was lifted last week after officials determined the store had complied with safety standards.

A spokesperson for Walmart Canada says the oven will be removed from the store and will no longer be used. She also says the company had already planned to remove the oven before the incident.

“This is an extremely sad …